And rockets overnight. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or Around The World. Travel rules for british tourists heading to europe could be released today. It comes as borisjohnson has said that people should not be taking holidays in most European Countries. Eu ambassadors will today consider whether to allow visits from travellers who have been fully vaccinated against covid 19. The ambassadors are also expected to lift the current ban on Nonessential Travel from the uk. Their meeting comes as the government here has been accused of causing confusion with conflicting advice over its own Traffic Light System. Meanwhile, Surge Testing is being stepped up in areas where there are concerns about the india variant. Later today at 5pm, uk time, the Health Secretary, Matt Hancock, will be holding a downing Street Coronavirus Briefing. Our Europe Correspondent, jean mckenzie, has the latest from brussels. What we are expecting here in Brussels Today is for Eu Ambassadors to make t
by the islamichhad armed militant group. the huge number of deaths at the hospital triggered angry street protests in palestinian cities in the west bank and across the arab world. president biden has been visiting. president biden had been hoping to attend a summit of arab leaders injordan after visiting israel but that has been cancelled after the president of the palestinian authority pulled out following the hospital explosion declaring three days of mourning for the men, women and children killed. the palestinian health minister said the number of people killed in gaza over the last 10 or ii the number of people killed in gaza over the last 10 or 11 days is now at least three and a half thousand. with more than 13,000 wounded. the director general gave this reaction to what happened. it is shocking. it is horrified. 0ur colleagues are totally horrified, especially that our hospital has received has received a number of threats. we have issued days and days before a war
back on track with targets like ending extreme poverty and tacking climate change. and presidents and prime ministers will take the opportunity to seize the global spotlight including us president joe biden who arrived on sunday evening in new york. to talk about all of this and what we can expect from the week ahead, i m joined now from new york by michael bociurkiw, global affairs analyst and non resident seniorfellow at the atlantic council. let s talk about who is not going to be there, rishi sunak, emmanuel macron, and modi, xi jinping. quite a list. what do you make of those absences? quite a list indeed. un secretary general laid it down and says this isn t a chauffeur vanity fair. show for vanity fair. i d more leaders are using that excuse, that they are very busy, so they are sure show up in certain summits. in the case of rishi sunak, if reporting is to be believed, he is not only very busy but afraid to be called out at the un climate summit for not perf
like ending extreme poverty and tacking climate change. tackling. and presidents and prime ministers will take the opportunity to seize the global spotlight, including us presidentjoe biden who arrived on sunday evening in new york. earlier i spoke to michael bociurkiw, global affairs analyst and non resident senior fellow at the atlantic council, about what we can expect from the week ahead. let s touch on who s not going to be there. first french president emmanuel macron, british prime minister rishi sunak, xi jinping, vladimir putin, indian prime ministerand jinping, vladimir putin, indian prime minister and arranger modi, among others. it is quite a list. what do you make of those absences? yes, it is quite a list indeed. well, the un secretary general played it down and says this isn t a show for vanity fair. whoever comes, he will engage with them. but i m finding world leaders are using more and more of that excuse, that they are very busy, so they are show up a
like ending extreme poverty and tacking climate change. and presidents and prime ministers will take the opportunity to seize the global spotlight, including us presidentjoe biden who arrived on sunday evening in new york. earlier, i spoke to michael bociurkiw, global affairs analyst and non resident senior fellow at the atlantic council, about what we can expect from the week ahead. let s touch on who s not going to be there. french president macron, british prime minister rishi sunak, chinese president xijinping, russian president vladimir putin, indian prime minister narendra modi, among others. it is quite a list. what do you make of those absences? yes, it is quite a list indeed. well, the un secretary general played it down and says this isn t a show for vanity fair. whoever comes, he will engage with them. but i m finding world leaders are using more and more of that excuse, that they re very busy, so they are show up at certain summits. in the case of the uk prime min